If this was the regular season, I would be (concerned). The game isn't won in the first five minutes. To give up as many points as we have early on, it could be a concern. Some way we have to right that ship. |
If we expect to finish this season right and keep heading in the direction of being a good team, we can't mentally pack it in before we do our job, and that's what we did. |
If we really needed him to, he could have gone back in the game. It's a Catch-22 because you've got to play your guys. But you just hope you don't have to play anybody over 35 minutes a game in this situation. |
If we were still struggling to get in the playoffs or to maintain the fourth seed, he could easily play if we wanted him to or if he wanted to. |
If we would have hit the shot, we would have escaped with our lives and been happy that we won. But that's by no means would we have won the way we are supposed to play on the road. It was disheartening to watch. |
If you do it artfully, you can come out at the back end with, guess what? No money gets paid out, or very little does. And it just accumulates there to be distributed to guess whom? The guys who paid it in. |
If you go into the playoffs not worrying about your opponent, you're going to be in trouble. It doesn't matter if we swept them, 4-0. There is a concern. There is a respect for your opponent, an appropriate fear. If you don't have it for your opponent, you will go in and get embarrassed. |
In high school, you can play next to your man and then run away and block somebody else's shot. You won't be able to do that in the NBA. |
In the 2001 scheme, they were read-and-react. They attacked the line. In this defense, you know where your gap is. ... How a play develops, (then) read your keys and hit the gaps. |
In the second half, I thought our guys came out and they played basketball the right way. We were able to get stops and we were able to get out on a run. And that lasted for most of the third quarter. |
In the second half, I thought we increased our effort. If we continue to give that type of effort and focus on the defensive end of the floor, it's going to help us win some ballgames. |
In the second half, our guys stepped up and tried to play him more physical. We also kept him guessing in the post with our double teams. |
It appears likely, now, that other [large] Kuiper Belt Objects ... might also have multiple satellite systems. |
It can be such things as you operate in a stadium that was built in - pick your number - five years, 10 years. You haven't had sufficient success on the field. |
It doesn't feeling any better than hearing President Bush saying, 'Brownie, you're doing a great job,' |